vi,_. 


\ vA  »aJ  V . 


Before  Him  Shall  be  Gathered  AU  the  Nations” 


iiV'v; 


Association  Life  the  World  Around 


By  the  Foreign  Department 
National  Board  Young  Womens  Christian  Associations 


National  Board 

OF  THE 

Young  womens  Christian  Associations,  United  States  of  America 
600  Lexington  Avenue.  New  York 

1914  r 


ASSOCIATION  LIFE  THE  WORLD  AROUND 


By  tlie  Foreign  DeiJartment 
National  Board  Young  Womens  Christian  Assoeiations 
L'nited  States 


WORLD’S  YOUNG  WOMEN’S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


I'lie  Yoiinfi  Women's  Christian  Association  is  tlie  most  international,  most  inclusive  in  faith,  broadest  in  scojje, 
largest  and  most  democratic  organization  of  women  in  the  world. 

riie  World's  organization  is  an  affiliation  of  N.\  ri()N.S  in  which  the  work  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciations is  done. 

Its  head(iuarters  are  in  I.ondon. 

'I'he  World's  Association  is  a cle.aring  house  and  council  of  reference  in  all  matters  affecting  Association  work  in 
two  or  more  countries. 

The  committee  also  takes  the  initiative  in  ojjening  work  in  unorganized  nations. 

The  resident  executive  committee  of  the  World's  Association  is  British.  The  World's  traveling  secretary  is 
•American. 

Eighteen  countries  with  organized  natiomd  work  have  part  in  the  World's  Association  and  scattered  branches  are 
found  in  fifteen  additional  countries. 

E,very  four  years  is  held  a conference  of  World's  Associations.  This  year  the  confereiice  meets  in  Stockholm, 
Sweden,  .June  10-18. 

The  foreign  work  of  each  country  is  conducted  by  ;i  sjjecially  organized  department  under  its  own  national  direction. 

■Membership  of  the  World's  Association  is  t)00,000. 

'J'he  nund)er  of  branches  is  about  8,000. 

.Membership  in  the  United  States  is  ‘280, .>97. 

In  the  foreign  work.  Great  Britain  sujjplies  28  secret.aries ; Camula  1 ; United  .States  82;  Australia  1 ; Germany  I. 


Headqi'arters  Buii.uings 

OF  THE 

National  Board  of  the  Young  Womens  Christian  Associations 
OF  THE  United  States  of  America 


Training  S<  hooi. 
loj  East  j"2i)  Street 


Administrative  Offices 
(500  Lexington  Avenue 


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IMTEl)  STATF.S 


I'lie  Youn<4'  WoDU'irs  Cliristian  Association  of  tlie  United  States  is  under  tlie  direction  of  a National  Board. 

I'his  Board  is  composed  of  thirty  inend)ers  resident  in  New  York  City,  and  of  a certain  nund)er  of  non-resident 
members  re))resentin<>'  various  territorial  divisions  of  the  United  States. 

The  United  States  is  divided  for  efficiency,  economy  and  facility  of  work  into  eknen  fields,  each  of  which  is 
directed  by  its  own  committee. 

The  national  work  is  divided  into  eioht  departments  co-ordinated  for  undertaking'  the  followino': 

Trainino'  of  secretaries. 

I’ldilications  to  meet  the  need  (»f  the  held. 

Work  ill  foreign  lands. 

Summer  eonferenees  and  conventions. 

I’roeurino'  and  disiiensini;  of  the  necessary  funds. 

(leneral  suiiervision  of  organizations  in  cities,  colleges,  in  rural  districts,  in  industrial  centers,  among 
professional  women,  among  colored  women,  among  Indian  women,  among  immigrant  women. 

Nimiher  of  city  and  town  Associations,  ‘ilti. 

Numher  of  student  Associations,  tiSf. 

Number  of  countj'  .Associations,  8. 

During  1913  there  Mere  eleven  summer  conferences  with  a total  enrollment  of  1-,131,  representing  191  cities  and 
55'2  colleges. 

The  national  budget  for  191  t is  t43  t,0()0.  Of  this  $ t(),8()‘2.,50  is  assigned  for  foreign  work. 


4 


FOREIGN  DKl’AH'rMKNT  OF  'I'HE  NATIONAL  ROARl)  OF  THE  YOING  WOMENS  CHRIS'll  AN 


ASSOCIATIONS  OF  I'HE  UNITED  STATES 


Fersonnel  of  Coniinittee: 
Miss  Mantle  Daeniker 
Mrs.  R.  Dorman 
Mrs.  John  French 
Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Gladdinj? 


Miss  Gertrude  MacArtliur 
Mrs.  Frederick  Mead 
Mrs.  Jolm  K.  Mott 
Miss  Grace  Dodge 


Miss  .\imie  Reynolds 
]\Irs.  Finley  J.  Sliepard 
^Irs.  William  F.  Slocum 
Mrs.  Augustus  B.  M'adsworth 


Miss  Bertha  Coiule 
Miss  Caroline  B.  Dow 
■Miss  Harriet  Taylor 
Miss  Susan  Clute 


The  foreion  department  trains,  commissions  and  su])ports  secretaries  in  non-self-supporting  countries.  These  sec- 
retaries are  sent  out  on  request  from  the  national  committees  in  these  countries,  and  the.v  are  directed  in  their  work 
by  the  committee  of  the  country  to  which  they  go. 

.Vmerican  secretaries  now  abroad  : 


INDIA 

Beatrice  Cron. 

Margery  Melcher. 

^lary  E.  Rutherford,  Cdlnitfa. 

Florence  Denison, 

Martha  C.  Whealdon, 

Marie  B.  Snow,  Bomhay. 

I.ela  Guitner  (on  fnrhmyh). 

Mailnm. 

Jessie  E.  Mather,  AUaluihail . 

Florence  Bodley  I.ang, 

Colombo,  Ceylon. 

Laura  Radford, 

Sinyapore,  Straifa  Settlement. 


CHINA 

Grace  L.  Coppock, 

Abby  Shaw  Mayhew, 

Harriet  M.  Smith, 

Ruth  Paxson. 

Frances  L.  Taft, 

Jane  S.  Ward,  Shanyhai. 

Katharine  King. 

Theresa  Severiu.  Pekiny. 

*Mary  P.  Banks. 

Henrietta  Thomson.  Canton. 

Helen  Bond  Crane. 

Edith  Ma}'  Wells. 

Ponusany,  Foorhoir. 

Ethel  Pyke. 

Evelyn  Thaj’er  Derry,  Tientsin. 
^Loaned  l>y  Presbyterian  Mission 


JAP.\N 

Margaret  IMatthew  (on  fnrUtnyh). 
iMary  Page, 

Mary  C.  Baker, 

Ruth  Ragau.  Tokyo. 

.SOUTH  AMERIC.V 

Marj’  L.  Thomas  (on  furlonyli). 

Irene  Sheppard  (on  fnrlonyh). 

Persis  M.  Breed. 

Elisa  Cortez.  Bnenos  Ait'e.s,  ryentinn. 


TURKEY 

Frances  C.  Gage, 

Marsnran , Tn  rkey-in-A  sia . 
Anna  Welles,  Constantinople. 


WHKRK  WKS'I’ 


M KKTS  EAST 


Or  iK\T Ai.  Students 
AP  Silver  Hay 

CoNFEREM  E 


'I’otal  number  ot 
Oriental  students  in 
tlie  I'nited  States  is 
101  ; of  tliese  O 1 at- 
tended the  summer 
eonferenees  of  lOl.'!. 
Tlie  I'nited  States 
lias  uni(|ue  opportun- 
it\'  and  responsibility 
to  the  Oriental  stu- 
dents in  her  eollejies 
and  universities. 


JAPAN 


For  fifty  jears  Japan  lias  been  straining  every  nerve  in  liei-  effort  to  go  into  every  nation  and  find  tliere  the  best, 

to  bring  it  back  and  build  it  into  her  own  life The  result  so  fai’  is  such  that  Japan  now  feels  herself  better 

eipiiiiped  materially  than  spiritually." 

Dr.  .John  K.  Mott  has  said  that  he  feels  that  the  student  field  of  .Japan  is  now  as  eager  for  the  gos])cl  as  it 
ever  was  in  the  early  times  of  the  great  religious  awakening  there. 

.Japan  has  had  an  extensive  educational  system  for  women  for  more  than  a ipiarter  of  a century.  I'liis  includes 
schools  of  liigher  learning.  There  are  now  many  educated  women  in  Jai>;in  remark.able  in  their  willingness  to  lead  the 
movement  for  young  women. 

The  industrial  condition  in  .Japan  has,  during  the  last  ten  years,  developed  much  like  that  in  America.  I'liese 
women  in  imlustry  are  facing  lives  for  which  tradition  and  training  leave  them  utterly  unpre])ared.  There  are  great 
o|)])ortunities  for  work  among  industrially  emjiloyed  women. 

.Ja])an  is  the  first  foreign  country  to  call  and  su|Ji>ort  a National  .Secretary,  a .Japanese,  who  is  a graduate 
of  Bryn  Mawr.  'J'he  N.ational  Committee,  the  Summer  Conference  and  Magazine  Committee  are  almost  entirely 
.Japanese. 

The  work  in  Ja])an  includes  eighteen  student  branches,  and  organized  work  in  two  cities,  w ith  a total  membershi]) 
of  about  ‘2, 000. 

'I’he  Fiighth  Annual  Student  Conference  of  22k  delegates  was  held  during  the  past  ye.ar. 

The  monthly  magazine  has  now  a circulation  of  about  1,000.  It  is  jjrinted  in  .Ja])anese. 


.1 A PA  X 


Drawing  Hooin  and  Library,  National  Hea(l()iiartt"rs 


YOKOHAMA 


?’>ight  thousand  .Japanese  women 
are  engaged  in  sliops,  offices  and 
industries  in  this  one  important 
port  city  of  Japan. 

Owing  to  the  demand  of  botli 
emijloyers  and  emjjloyees  for  more 
suitable  protection  and  accommo- 
dation for  Japanese  young  women, 
the  Association  began  an  indige- 
nous work  in  Yokoliama. 

It  lias  its  own  building  with  a 
.lajianese  secretary  in  charge. 


Group  at  Japanese  Summer  Conference,  1913 


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TOK  YO 


riie  capital  of  .Japan  is  a rendezvous  of  students,  liavin<i  in  its  educational  institutions  1, "),()()()  jrirls  and  Moinen. 

Witli  tlic  impact  of  Kast  ;uul  \\'est  soci.al  c-onditions  in  Tokyo  create  conditions  of  s'reat  ditficidty  to  the  student 
body  wlio,  i-eleased  from  tlie  restraint  of  home,  Hnd  little  beyond  themselves  to  <ruide  them  in  their  expandiiifi 
cx))crience. 

'I'wo  student  hostels,  one  su]>|)licd  by  the  Overtoun  fund  and  one  by  Ottawa,  Canada,  have  in  their  enrollment 
representatives  from  over  one-half  the  schools  of  Tokyo.  f’he  matrons  of  the  hostels  are  .Jap.anese. 

,\  third  hostel  provided  by  \dissar  College  is  under  construction. 

rwenty-seven  Mihle  classes  for  students  have  an  enrollment  of  "ifO. 

The  social  work  of  the  'I'okyo  Association  is  one  of  its  most  effective  departments.  A social  center  “ is 
hein<>'  |)lanned  in  the  heart  of  the  student  residence  district. 

\ work  amoii”'  ,Ia|)anese  nurses  in  Tokyo  is  in  its  inception. 

There  is  a pension  or  residential  club  eonducted  by  the  Association  and  open  to  foreifi'ners : — i.  e.  Western 
women  in  'J’okyo. 


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TOKYO 


Nurses  in  Bible  Class 


INDIA,  HUKMA  AND  CFALOX 


liuliii  is  a country  of  fifty  nations  witliin  a nation,  under  Hritisli  rule,  witli  tlie  Englisli  language  the  general 
inediuin  of  connnunication. 

Tliere  are  three  classes  of  the  population  : 

I.  Colonial:  British  [)eople  in  official  or  business  positions  in  India. 

‘2.  *Anglo-lndian  : A i)eople  of  mixed  blood,  who  form  a distinct  social  class. 

;5.  Indians — including  Hindus,  Mohammedans,  I’arsees  and  Christians, 
strong  tenacity  to  hold  to  religions  of  the  nation — Brahmanism,  Buddhism,  .Mohammedanism,  to  racial  ])ride 
.and  philosophic  superiorit.v — is  slowly  yielding  to  modern  thought.  M'hether  holding  go\ernmental  or  nationalistic 
sympathies,  all  thinking  men  of  Indi.a  concede  th.at  India's  need  is  something  tliat  will  meet  the  growing  unrest  of  its 
divergent  ])oi)ulaee. 

There  are  under  the  Indi.an  N.ational  Committee  se\enteen  city  Associ.ations,  in  the  work  in  seven  of  wliich 
.America  has  a share. 

The  number  of  student  brandies  is  ;TS,  many  of  which  exist  in  the  jirincipal  mission  schools  of  the  emiiire. 

Twenty-four  student  br.anches  are  among  Indian  young  women. 

The  whole  of  India  has  800  young  women  in  institutions  of  college  standing — these  .all  can  be  surrounded  by 
Cliristian  influence  at  the  present  time. 

Student  and  city  cainjis  for  young  women  are  held  annually. 

Tlie  National  Committee  of  Indi.a  publishes  helps  for  its  .Association  members  in  F.nglisb  and  in  several  vernacular 
languages. 

Indi.a  has  its  own  n.ational  publication  called  'The  A'oung  Women  of  India.'’ 

*.Anglo-liKlian — Tliis  term  was  adopted  in  l‘)i:5  by  the  British  government  in  India  to  supersede  the  term  "Kurasian.” 


INDIA 


Street  in  Indian  City 


MADINAS 


A Social  Gatlierinff 


Situated  in  lieat-baked  South  India,  Madras 
stands  third  in  population  ainoiifj  Indian  cities. 

Madras  has  a population  of  ,S,00()  Anolo- 
Indians. 

Association  work  has  been  carried  on  for 
twenty-one  years  in  Madras. 

I'en  br.anches  of  work,  some  of  whicli  are  for 
'I'ainil  youno-  women,  are  carried  on  in  eight 
sections  of  the  city. 

Two  student  hostels  are  crowded,  one  being 
for  Indian  students,  and  one  for  Europeans  and 
Anglo-Indians. 

Madras  has  its  own  news  sheet  for  its  mem- 
bership of  7dS. 

Its  mission-study  classes  include  the  study  of 
the  Indian  religions. 


u 


'I'his  city  is  in  the  Central  Provinces  of  India  ; 
thej'  cover  an  area  equal  to  that  of  the  British 
Isles. 

Its  ))opulation  is  118,000. 

Tlie  activities  of  the  Association  include 
educational  classes,  fortnightly  socials,  tennis, 
hadininton,  cooking,  debates,  lectures,  Bible 
classes  and  i)hysical  work. 

Four  Bible  classes  are  conducted  in  the  ver- 
nacular. 

'I'he  girl  guides  are  a distinctive  feature  of 
the  Allahabad  work. 


A LLAMA  HA  I) 


Association  Building 


I’arsee  Ladies 

The  Parsees  are  of  Persian  origin  and  form  a distinctively  hif>li  class 
of  society.  The  universities  of  Great  Britain  have  a special  mission 
to  Parsee  students. 


Bombay,  on  the  west  coast  of  India,  is  the 
city  from  whieli  Moliainmedan  pilgrimages 
start  to  Mecca. 

It  was  the  first  city  of  India  to  own  its  own 
building. 

'I'he  i)rovision  the  Association  makes  for  the 
home  life  of  the  young  women  is  supported  by 
the  entire  community. 

It  has  a membership  of  7.H  enrolled  in  live 
branches.  The  .\ssociation  home  accommo- 
dates 8f  residents. 

Twenty  Bible  classes  are  held  weekly. 

In  the  hills  it  maintains  a holiday  home  for 
its  members. 

Three  Indian  Bible  women  are  employed  to 
work  in  the  mills. 

Bombay  has  the  beginning  of  phj'sical  work. 


C A IX  (ITT A 


’I'liis  city  on  the  east  coast  of  liuUa  is  a 
<freat  student  center. 

Its  population  is  1 ,000, 0(H). 

There  are  10,000  girls  in  tlie  scliools  but 
few  of  tliein  are  over  sixteen  years  of  age. 

A graduate  union  of  Indian  women  students 
from  Indian  and  American  scliools  numbers  (iO. 

In  the  membership  of  tlie  Calcutta  Associa- 
tion there  are  nearly  000  who  speak  the  ver- 
nacular languages. 

The  number  of  Bible  classes  in  the  Asso- 
ciation is  t27. 

Four  hundred  and  five  students  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Association. 

A commercial  school  and  an  em]dojinent 
agency  are  two  strong  features  of  the  work. 


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Scarf  Drill 


LAHOHK 


Library  in  Morse  Hall 


*M  orse  Hall,  the  home  of  tlie  Asso- 
ciation, was  built  in  1!U‘2. 

It  contains  rooms  for  residents  and 
has  a large  gymnasium. 

'I'he  government  support  aids  in  the 
establishment  of  continuous  classes. 

The  subject  receiving  most  attention 
is  typewriting. 

Lahore  supervises  ten  branches  scat- 
tered throughout  the  Punjab  (North 
India ). 

There  is  one  student  branch — Kin- 
naird  High  School. 

Miss  Lamb,  a graduate  of  the  schools 
of  India,  has  charge  of  the  educational 
work  in  Lahore,  after  .s])ending  time 
in  postgraduate  study  in  England  and 
America. 


*Morse  Hall — This  beautiful  building  is  a 
gift  from  America  to  the  work  in  Lahore 
in  memory  of  ^liss  Rebecca  Morse,  the 
first  secretary  of  the  Foreign  Department 
of  the  Association  in  America,  upon  whose 
foundation  the  present  extensive  foreign 
work  is  building. 


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SIXGArOKK 


COI.OMHO 


A Drive  Among  the  Palms,  Singapore 


\\'ithin  two  degrees  of  the  equator  are  gathered  on  this 
island  of  Singapore  fAiropeans,  Chinese,  many  Indian  races 
including  Malays,  and  a large  population  of  mixed  parentage. 

Tlie  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  has  been  in  ex- 
istence in  Singapore  for  twenty  years. 

An  institute  or  Association  liome  is  used  by  travelers  and 
residents  and  is  a center  for  educational  classes. 

House-to-house  visitation  is  reaching  many  liitherto  un- 
reached. 

During  the  past  year  tlie  membersliip  of  the  Association 

19 


Colombo  is  the  gateway  city  of  the  East. 

Monthly,  thousands  of  travelers  set  foot  on  tlie  Isle  of  Cey- 
lon. Many  find  their  way  to  the  Association  doors. 

Educational  classes  are  conducted  among  the  business 
women  in  various  sections  of  the  scattered  city. 

The  number  of  weekly  Bible  classes  conducted  is  thirteen. 

Two  student  branches  and  two  student  hostels  are  main- 
tained. 


Compound  and  Building,  Colombo 


has  nearly  doubled. 


C'll  IXA 


A nation  arrested  in  orowth  for  1 ,,j()0  years  finds  available  tlie  read,v- 
inade  results  of  proo'ress  and  labors  and  faiths  of  all  tlie  nations. 

riie  door  is  open  whieh  no  man  can  sbiit. 

Modern  edueation  is  causing  the  old  faitlis  to  cruml)le. 

W oman's  education  is  promoted  by  tlie  government. 

C'liristian  missions  have  jirepared  hundreds  of  women  who  may  be 
devehtped  to  lead  and  guide  tbe  awakening  among  women. 

I'lie  Young  Whnnen's  Christian  Association  has  in  China  four 
organized  city 
.Associations  and 
thirty-one  stu- 
dent branches  in 
Christian  schools. 

E a c li  fit  y 
Association  is  in 
toucli  with  the 
government  and 
gentry  schools  of 
its  city,  and  is 
supplying  Bible 


National  Office 


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CHINA 


classes,  lectures  and  jjhysical  work 
tor  the  students. 

The  ])hysical  work  under  tlie 
national  director  of  i)hysical  educa- 
tion is  meeting  with  welcome  from 
both  government  authorities  and 
missionaries. 

'I'he  secretarial  staff  includes 
graduates  from  Manchester  Univer- 
sity, Girton  College,  Smith,  Welles- 
ley, Bryn  Mawr,  and  Iowa,  Nebraska 
and  Michigan  State  Universities. 

'I'wo  student  conferences  were 
held  in  19 US. 

Ofhcial  Invitations  from  mission 
bodies  of  three  other  cities  for  the 
opening  of  Association  work  are  in 
the  hands  of  the  National  Com- 
mittee. 


Bible  Class,  .Student  Conference,  191S 


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TIENTSIN 


l ientsin  is  the  educational  ineeea  of  North  China. 

'J’lie  * Snetro])olis  of  four  provinces,''  it  has  a school  on  each 
corner  and  scIkhjIs  between  the  corners. 

Tientsin  consists  of  three  cities;  an  old  Chinese  city,  a mod- 
ern city  built  by  the  Chinese  and  a forei<rn  settlement. 

Government  education  in  the  province  about  'J'ientsin  is 
the  most  higldy  developed  of  all  the  eighteen  provinces. 


Mission  College  ami  Street  Oi)posite  Association 


The  'I'ientsin  Association  was  organized  in  M arch, 

Bil)le  classes  are  weekly  conducted  in  government  schools. 

The  Association  is  welcomed  in  a school  opened  by  grad- 
uates of  the  government  scliool. 

\ pliysical  director  is  giving  part  time  to  the  develop- 
ment of  ])hysical  education. 


.Street  Scene  in  Chinese  City 


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FOOCHOW 


Foochow  City  is  one  of  the  old- 
est mission  fields  in  China,  and 
has  therefore  a large  nucleus  of 
Christian  Chinese. 

The  officials  in  Foochow  favor 
Christianity  and  welcome  any 
endeavor  to  instruct  its  woman- 
hood. 

For  six  years  the  Christians  of 
Foochow  have  waited  for  a re- 
])onse  to  their  invitation  for  As- 
sociation secretaries. 

One  meeting  held  in  March, 
lOl.S,  for  government  scliool  girls 
resulted  in  over  500  signing  on 
for  Bible  study. 

In  this  emergency  two  secre- 
taries were  sent  to  Foochow  in 
May,  1013. 

Bible  classes  are  already  or- 
ganized among  government  school  Uiver  Ming  with  boats  and  “Bridge  of  a Thousand  Ages” 

girls,  and  social  and  educational 
work  will  follow. 


2:1 


shax(;hai 


SoiTie  Members  of  tlie  Shanghai  City  Board 


SHANGHAI 


Shangliai  is  tlie  eoinniercial  metropolis  tor  all  of  China. 

Its  population  is  1,000,000  Chinese,  and  1'2,000  foreigners. 

Shanghai  city  work  on  its  present  basis  was  organized  in  1008. 

The  membership  of  the  Association  is  approximately  4-50. 

The  Bible  class  enrollment  is  more  than  300. 

The  educational  work  of  the  Association,  under  a Cliinese  director,  includes  cooking,  house  decoration,  moth- 
ers' clubs,  lectures  on  hygiene,  on  modern  invention,  on  famous  women,  etc. 

It  lias  a well-equipped  school  which  seeks  to  supplement  the  education  jn-ovided  by  the  mission  schools,  admit- 
ting > oung  married  women  and  others  mIio  cannot  comply  with  the  rc(|uirements  of  mission  schools. 

Physical  work  of  the  Association  is  under  the  direction  of  a Chinese. 

The  Association  provides  hostel  accommodation  for  five  women.  During  the  battles  of  the  past  summer  thirty 
women  were  crowded  into  the  building,  taking  refuge  from  the  bullets. 

Since  the  beginning  the  Chinese  secretary  has  been  one  main  source  of  the  strength  of  the  Association.  There  are 
now  three  Chinese  secretaries,  all  of  whom  had  education  abroad. 

The  rented  Association  building  is  crowded  jiast  crowding;  it  is  totally  unsuited  to  the  work  of  the  Association. 
Search  for  three  years  of  the  available  buildings  of  Shanghai  has  not  resulted  in  the  fimling  of  a suitable  house. 
Hundreds  of  women  could  be  reached  monthly  if  a building  with  an  audience  hall,  gymnasium  and  sufficient  number  of 
classrooms  were  provided.  The  need  of  a building  for  the  Shanghai  Association  is  the  most  pressing  need  of  the  work 
in  China  today. 


CAXTOX 


Canton  lias  a i)o]nilation  of  'i, ()()(), ()()(). 

It  is  tlie  most  jirooressive  c'ity  in  China. 

Canton  lias  more  Imspitals,  more  women  physicians  tlian 
any  otlier  city. 

Tlie  Association  of  Canton  was  organized  at  tlie  initia- 
tive of  Chinese  ladies  alone. 

Association  heathpiarters  are  |)lanned  for  and  supjiorted 
without  the  aid  of  Westerners. 

The  I’resbyterian  Mission  has  loaned  one  of  its  experi- 
enced workers  as  secretary  for  two  years. 

The  Chinese  ladies  of  the  Canton  Association  Board  are 
eager  for  a hostel  for  traveling  women  ; fora  membership  campaign  ; for  an  educational  department;  fora  large  social 
work  ; for  a student  hostel ; and  for  the  develo|)ment  of  Bible  classes  in  government  schools. 

It  is  imperative  that  secretaries  be  supplied  at  once  to  guide  in  this  ilevelo|)inent. 


One  of  Canton's  Citv  Oates 


TURKEY 


The  Buffer  State  between  Hast  and  \\'est, 
'l'url<e\'  lias  been  both  inueli  and  little  on  the 
heart  of  the  Christian  world. 

'I'he  era  of  the  youni>'  Turk  is  also  the  era 
for  the  awakeninii;  of 'I'lirkish  womanhood. 

Cities  of  I’lirkey,  sehools  in  Turkey,  are 
eomiirised  of  a varyino’  number  of  races. 

Missionsehoolshave  provided  all  thewomen 
that  are  available  for  leadership  in  the  Chris- 
tian work  among  their  own  ]ieo|)les. 

The  World's  Student  Christian  Federation 
Conference  awakened  an  intelligent  interest 
among  Greek,  Catholic  and  Trotestant  leaders 
for  their  student  classes. 

'The  Young  Women's  Christian  .Association 
in  the  fall  of  liU.‘?  sent  two  secretaries  to 
'Turkey  ; one  for  Constantinople,  one  to  travel 
among  the  city  and  student  branches  in 
'Turkey-in- Asia. 


'Turkish  Women 


SOI  TH  AMERICA 


I'liis  continent  embraces  new,  nii}>lity  and  tbnnative  nations. 

Tliere  is  one  cluircli  to  which  tlie  i>eoi)le  ijive  nominal  alle- 
giance, while  almost  totally  ignoring  any  religious  chiims. 

Society  has  tew  conventional  and  moral  safeguards  for  women. 

There  is  a continuously  growing  stream  of  young  women  to 
the  port  cities  of  South  America  froTii  all  the  countries  of  F<uroi)C 
and  from  the  United  States. 

The  wliole  Protestant  Mission  Board  of  South  America  unites 
in  asserting  the  need  for  the  Association  in  South  America. 

The  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  is  at  work  in  Buenos 
Aires  and  Rio  de  .Janeiro,  while  invitations  have  come  from  two 
other  of  .Soutli  .America's  great  cities  for  organization  and  secre- 
taries. 


The  Cathedral  and  a Tyi>ical  Street  of  Buenos  Aires 


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BUENOS  AIRES 


A Cooking  Class,  15  Nationalities 


'I’lie  cityis  tlie  inetroj)olis  of’lialf  tliecontinent. 

Its  populatimi  is  one  and  a (piarter  million. 

It  is  the  largest  Spanish-si)eaking  city  in  the 
woidd. 

It  dominates  Argentina.  d'o  reach  Buenos 
Aires  is  to  influence  the  leading  re]nd)lic  of 
South  America. 

Into  its  harbor  come  women  from  all  the 
nations  seeking  employment. 

The  Young  Women’s  Christian  Association 
seeks  to  create  for  the  young  women  of  Buenos 
Aires  a physical  and  moral  environment  that 
shall  meet  the  needs  of  their  cosmopolitan  life. 

Limited  by  the  extreme  high  cost  of  living, 
such  accommodations  as  the  Association  provides 
for  lodging,  lunches  and  educational  classes  are 
overcrowded. 

One-third  of  the  work  is  conducted  in  the 
Spanish  language;  two  of  the  secretarial  staff 
are  Spanish  speaking. 

Themembershipincludes  women  of  "23nations. 


OTHER  COrXTKIES  AEEIIJATEI)  ^VITH  WOliED  S COAEMITTEE 


Africa.  Tliis  vast  vontinent  lias  distinctive  work  in  Nortli  Africa  at  Cairo,  on  the  British  CLast  Coast  and  on  the 
West  Coast,  while  South  Africa  has  a higidy  orjranized  city  and  student  work  that  includes  Hritisli,  Dutcli  and  nejim 
branches.  The  work  in  North,  East  and  West  Africa  is  directly  under  the  WorUEs  Coininittee.  'I’hat  in  South  Africa 
is  under  national  organization. 

Australia.  This  colonial  continent  is  jiroirressive  in  its  work  for  women  as  in  all  other  affairs.  Their  National 
Board  emiiloys  an  American  National  secretary,  and  two  Americans  are  holding  jiositions  as  general  secretaries  of  city 
organizations.  A newly  organized  foreign  department  is  taking  its  share  in  tlie  evangelization  of  non-Christian  lands. 

Austria-Hungary.  A feeble  but  deeply  needed  work  is  conducted  among  these  two  nationalities  in  spite  of  most 
hampering  racial  and  ecclesiasticid  hindrances. 

Canada.  \\ Ork  in  C'anada  is  almost  identical  in  its  development  to  that  of  the  L’nited  States.  Its  foreign  depart- 
ment is  esjiecially  strong,  supporting  two  secretaries  abroad,  with  a membership  of  18,ti00. 

France.  In  addition  to  a national  city  and  student  work  for  French  women,  there  are  in  Paris  several  branches 
of  the  .Association  for  American  and  English  women,  and  an  international  student  work,  whose  membership  includes 
students  of  ‘2b  nations. 

Germany.  The  German  work  was  organized  by  its  jiastors,  and  is  under  jiarochial  supervision.  There  are  at 
present  in  Germany  ‘200, 000  members  who  are  esjiecially  interested  in  alleviating  the  conditions  of  industrial  workers. 
The  daughter  of  the  National  President  of  the  .Association  in  Germany  has  gone  this  autumn  as  secretary  to  Cairo. 

Great  Britain  and  Ireland.  Associatimi  work  originated  in  England  in  185.5.  There  are  now  in  the  British 
.Association  1,270  branches  with  a membershij)  of  f»b,000.  Their  work  is  develojied  along  the  following  lines: 

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OTHER  COUNTRIES  AEEILIATEl)  WITH  WORLD^S  COMMITTEE 


For  juniors,  nurses,  teacliers,  girls  in  industries,  slioj)  girls,  telegraph  and  postal  eni])loyees  (all  in  government 
emplo\),  governesses,  domesties,  ^'guild  of  heliJers"’  (i.  e.  girls  of  leisure),  foreign  girls,  and  the  blind.  Soeiallv 
provision  is  made  by  Institutes  and  homes,  holiday  homes,  convaleseent  liomes,  travelers*  aid,  jirayer  unions, 
summer  camps,  conferences,  employment  and  emigration  agencies,  '^thrift’*  i.  e.  savings  dei)osit  against  sickness  and 
burial;  and  total  abstinence.  Religious  work  includes  home  Bible  study,  weekly  and  monthly  ])eriodicals,  yearly 
calendar  and  Bible  texts,  missionary  giving,  Bible  classes,  missionary  and  evangelistic  meetings. 

Holland.  The  Association  in  Holland,  among  other  activities,  ]jrovides  homes  for  working  women. 

Italy.  There  is  an  international  home  in  Rome  for  Association  workers,  and  44  lt;dian  Associations  unite  Italy  to 
the  World's  Work. 

Poftugal.  This  Latin  country  has  a scattered  work  and  assists  many  overworked  women  in  the  industries  through 
educational  classes  and  religious  care. 

Russia.  An  English  secretary  was  sent  by  the  World's  Committee  last  year  to  St.  Petersburg.  The  work  in 
Russia  will  necessarily  be  difficult  and  slow  of  development. 

Scandinavia.  The  four  Scandinavian  countries — Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark  and  Finland — have  develojjed  a 
strong  work  for  their  women  in  employment,  and  it  is  particularly  strong  in  retaining  the  loyalty  of  its  memljers  who 
migrate  to  other  lands. 

Switzerland.  The  work  in  Switzerland  is  concerned  with  large  groups  of  women  in  industrial  employ. 

Among  tlie  islands  of  the  sea  where  the  Association  is  found  are  THE  WEST  INDIES,  PENANG,  MALTA 
and  THE  DUTCH  INDIES. 


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